Poe front and center as KC rookies report

2012 NFL Free Agents List

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The 2012 NFL Draft offers fantastic depth along the defensive line. Chad Reuter points out five talented prospects flying up draft boards across the league, including USC athlete Nick Perry.

Lewis, Reed star on built-to-last Ravens defense

Baltimore could have a whole new look -- and a lot more salary-cap space -- this season after the team reportedly told several established veterans, like TE Todd Heap, that they would be released.

Ranking the interior defensive linemen in the NFL required me to break the players into four distinct groups just to do justice to the different assignments asked of them in various schemes around the league.

The Ravens don't seem the least bit daunted about the long, hard path they must travel to get to the Super Bowl.

We've added up the totals of all the blue- and red-chip players in the NFL, and the numbers don't lie: The defending champion Saints are still the most talented team in the league.

Before ranking all of the NFL's 32 teams, here's a look at the blue- and red-chip players for each team, starting with the AFC, where there's a clear difference between contenders and also-rans.

There are a record number of undefeated teams for this stage of the season, but that may have more to do with the league's weakest teams rather than the elite teams' overall strength.

Despite missing practice with an ankle injury, Terrell Suggs -- fresh off signing a lucrative contract -- still had the sort of swagger his fellow Ravens defenders carried onto the practice field.